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Rambus Names Ronald Black as President and Chief Executive Officer
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 06/25/2012 – Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies, announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Ronald Black as president and chief executive officer. Dr. Black replaces Harold Hughes who announced earlier this year his plans to retire from the position of president and chief executive officer. Mr. Hughes will remain on the Rambus Board of Directors.
“We are pleased to have Ron join Rambus. Ron’s experience in managing through complex businesses at various levels and helping them achieve objectives make him an excellent fit for the next phase of Rambus,” said J. Thomas Bentley, chairman of the Rambus Board of Directors. “Harold has done an excellent job putting Rambus in a solid position for growth and we look forward to his continued contributions as a Board member.”
“Rambus has a long history of strong technology development with some of the world’s best inventors solving some very tough problems. There are tremendous opportunities ahead in the lighting and security businesses as well as in the traditional semiconductor business,” said Dr. Black, president and CEO of Rambus. “I am very excited about the future of Rambus and I look forward to helping lead this innovative team.”
Dr. Black has over 20 years of experience managing businesses and running companies in global semiconductor and mobile markets. Prior to Rambus, Dr. Black held positions of chief executive officer for MobiWire, formerly Sagem Wireless, UPEK, which later merged with AuthenTec, and Wavecom, a publicly-traded French wireless solutions company. In addition, Dr. Black has served as executive vice president of the Client Systems Group at Agere Systems as well as holding a number of senior executive roles at other companies, including Motorola and IBM Microelectronics. Dr. Black holds a Bachelor of Science, a Masters of Science, and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Cornell University.
Audio Conference Call and Webcast Scheduled
Rambus will discuss this announcement during a special conference call today at 1:30 p.m. PT. The call will be webcast and can be accessed through the Rambus website. A replay will be available following the call on Rambus’ Investor Relations website or for one week at the following numbers: (855) 859-2056 (domestic) or (404) 537-3406 (international) with ID# 95079698.
About Rambus Inc.
Founded in 1990, Rambus is one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies. As a company of inventors, Rambus focuses on the development of technologies that enrich the end-user experience of electronic systems. Its breakthrough innovations and solutions help industry-leading companies bring superior products to market. Rambus licenses both its world-class patent portfolio, as well as its family of leadership and industry-standard solutions. Rambus has offices in California, North Carolina, Ohio, India, Germany, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Additional information is available at www.rambus.com.
Northwest Logic Uses Blue Pearl Software’s Analyze to Maximize IP Core Quality
SAN JOSE, California–June 1, 2012 – Blue Pearl Software, Inc., a leading provider of EDA software which accelerates electronic design implementation, announced today that Northwest Logic, Inc., a leading provider of high-performance, easy-to-use, Intellectual Property (IP) cores, uses Blue Pearl’s Analyze to maximize the quality of its IP cores.
“We have been using Blue Pearl’s Analyze for several years and found it to be very useful in identifying and resolving coding issues. This, in turn, has helped us maximize the quality of our IP Cores. We not only use Analyze internally, but also recommend it to our customers and partners,” said Brian Daellenbach, President of Northwest Logic.
“Northwest Logic and Blue Pearl Software share the same focus on maximizing design quality. Analyze is one component of our Blue Pearl Software Suite which is specifically designed to increase our customers’ Quality of Results (QoR),” added Shakeel Jeeawoody, VP Marketing, Blue Pearl Software.
About Blue Pearl Software Suite
Analyze is a part of Blue Pearl Software Suite. It provides functional design analysis to verify properties, methodology standards and design rules. Its benefits include reducing design risk and improving QoR.
Blue Pearl Software Suite accelerates design implementation with its comprehensive RTL analysis, CDC checks and automatic SDC generation. Its Visualization Verification Environment ™ and design technology give users immediate feedback for validating automatically generated pre-synthesis longest paths and SDCs, which are used to drive the efficiency of synthesis and place & route tools.
About Northwest Logic
Northwest Logic, founded in 1995 and located in Beaverton, Oregon, provides high-performance, silicon-proven, easy-to-use IP cores including high-performance Expresso Solution (PCI Express 3.0, 2.1 and 1.1 cores and drivers), Memory Interface Solution (DDR3, DDR2, LPDDR2, Mobile DDR SDRAM; RLDRAM 3, RLDRAM II), and MIPI Solution (CSI-2, DSI). These solutions support a full range of platforms including ASICs, Structured ASICs and FPGAs. For additional information, visit https://nwlogic.com.
About Blue Pearl Software
Blue Pearl Software, Inc. provides next generation EDA software that uses new and innovative technology to reduce design flow iterations and increase designer productivity early in the digital design flow. Blue Pearl Software Suite checks RTL designs for functional errors and automatically generates comprehensive and accurate Synopsys Design Constraints (SDC) to improve quality of results (QoR) and reduce FPGA and ASIC design risks.
For more information, please visit Blue Pearl Software at https://www.bluepearlsoftware.com.
Press Contact:
Georgia Marszalek, ValleyPR, LLC for Blue Pearl Software, +1 650 345 7477, [email protected] or
Vinitha Seevaratnam, for Northwest Logic, +1 503 533 5800 ext. 308
Acronyms
| ASIC: | Application Specific Integrated Circuit |
| CDC: | Clock Domain Crossing |
| EDA: | Electronic Design Automation |
| FPGA: | Field Programmable Gate Array |
| IP: | Intellectual Property |
| QoR: | Quality of Results |
| RTL: | Register Transfer Level |
| SDC: | Synopsys Design Constraints |
| SOC: | System on Chip |
Visual Verification Environment is a trademark of Blue Pearl Software, Inc.
All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Rambus Announces Winners of the 2012 “Innovator of the Future” Scholarship Award
Scholarship recognizes students for their passion in science and technology
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 05/23/2012 – Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies, today announced it has awarded its annual “Innovator of the Future” scholarship to Shubha Raghvendra of St. Francis High School and Jamshed Vesuna of Los Altos High School.
Each student has been awarded $10,000 for tuition and books at a college or university. The scholarship money will be distributed in equal increments over four years at the beginning of each academic year. In addition to the scholarship awards, a one-time award of $1,000 will go to each of the four finalists in this year’s scholarship program.
“At Rambus, we continue our commitment to helping future innovators broaden their educational opportunities beyond the classroom,” said Harold Hughes, president and chief executive officer at Rambus. “Both Jamshed and Shubha have demonstrated the enthusiasm and passion necessary to explore careers in the area of science and technology.”
Established in 2005, the Rambus Innovator of the Future scholarship program recognizes students based on academic excellence, passion for technology, leadership in school, civic and extracurricular activities, and motivation to serve and succeed.
Eligibility for the Rambus Innovator of the Future scholarship award extends to individuals attending a select group of high schools located near the Rambus Sunnyvale headquarters, and graduating before fall 2012 with plans to attend a four-year college or university program of study beginning in fall 2012. Applications for the 2013 Rambus Innovator of the Future scholarships will be available during the 2012-2013 academic year.
About Rambus Inc.
Founded in 1990, Rambus is one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies. As a company of inventors, Rambus focuses on the development of technologies that enrich the end-user experience of electronic systems. Its breakthrough innovations and solutions help industry-leading companies bring superior products to market. Rambus licenses both its world-class patent portfolio, as well as its family of leadership and industry-standard solutions. Rambus has offices in California, North Carolina, Ohio, India, Germany, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Additional information is available at www.rambus.com.
Rambus To Present at the Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 05/18/2012 – Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies, today announced that Satish Rishi, chief financial officer, and Dr. Martin Scott, senior vice president and general manager, New Business Group, will present at the Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference in New York on Wednesday, May 23, 2012.
The presentation, which is scheduled to begin at 11:15 a.m. Eastern Time, will be available through a webcast and can be accessed at Rambus’ Investor Relations website at https://investor.rambus.com. A replay will also be available on the website following the event.
About Rambus Inc.
Founded in 1990, Rambus is one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies. As a company of inventors, Rambus focuses on the development of technologies that enrich the end-user experience of electronic systems. Its breakthrough innovations and solutions help industry-leading companies bring superior products to market. Rambus licenses both its world-class patent portfolio, as well as its family of leadership and industry-standard solutions. Rambus has offices in California, North Carolina, Ohio, India, Germany, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Additional information is available at www.rambus.com.
Rambus to Present at the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES – 05/10/2012 – Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies, today announced that Harold Hughes, chief executive officer, and Satish Rishi, chief financial officer, will present at the 40th Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in Boston on Wednesday, May 16, 2012.
The presentation, which is scheduled to begin at 2:50 p.m. Eastern Time, will be available through a webcast and can be accessed at Rambus’ Investor Relations website at https://investor.rambus.com. A replay will also be available on the website following the event.
About Rambus Inc.
Founded in 1990, Rambus is one of the world’s premier technology licensing companies. As a company of inventors, Rambus focuses on the development of technologies that enrich the end-user experience of electronic systems. Its breakthrough innovations and solutions help industry-leading companies bring superior products to market. Rambus licenses both its world-class patent portfolio, as well as its family of leadership and industry-standard solutions. Rambus has offices in California, North Carolina, Ohio, India, Germany, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Additional information is available at www.rambus.com.
